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F. H. RICHARDS.

- BUTTON FASTENER.

No. 322,008. Patented July 14, 1885.

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FRANCIS H. RICHARDS, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASS, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERI- CANBUTTON FASTENER COMPANY, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONN.

BUTTON-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION fcrming part of Letters Patent No. 322,008, dated July 14,1885.

I Application filed December 11, 1884. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, FRANCIS H. RICHARDS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Springfield, in the county of Hampden and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inButton-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification,reference'being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a partthereof.

Th's invention relates to improvements in one-prong fasteners to be usedfor securing shank-buttons to fabrics, the object being to furnish sucha fastener having all the necessary features, and of such a form that itcan be manufactured out of wire,thereby avoiding the sharp angles andedges common to those kinds which are cut from sheet metal.

The invention consists in certain improve.

ments, which are hereinafter described and claimed.

Figure 1 is a side view of a oneprong button-fastener formed of wire andembodying a part of my improvements. Fig. 2 is an edge view of thefastener. Fig. 3 is a top view of the same. Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are threeviews similar to the preceding, showing the same fastener with myimprovements complete. Figs. 7 and 8 are respectively a side and edgeView of the completed button-fastener after it is inserted into a fabricfor holding thereto a shank-button.

Similar characters designate the same parts in all the figures.

In the drawings, P designates the prong of the fastener. B is a barconstituting the major part of the head. C is a shorter part of thehead, which lies parallel to part B, to which said part 0 is connectedby bend 2, it being connected to the prong by a double benda bend in twodirections-3, underneath bar B. This bend 3 serves as a hook to transmitthe pull of the button centrally to the head. In the form of fastenerfirst shown the bar B is straight, lying above bend 3. In the secondform shown, Figs. 4, 5, and 6, the form of said bend is slightlymodified, and an upward bend, 4, is made in bar B, so as to bring thelower part of bend 8 even with the under side of the ends of said bar.When the fastener thus formed is inserted into the fabric or leather F,Figs. 7 and 8, this bend 4 is embedded into the under side of saidmaterial, as shown in these figures, so that the fastener-head willthroughout lie in close contact with the material F.

In order to equalize the extent of surface on either end of the head theend of bar B not joined to part 0 may be extended and bent around, asindicated by dotted lines at 5, Fig. 6.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. As an improved article ofmanufacture, the button-fastener herein described, consisting of asingle piece of wire bent to form a head and prong, said head havingshort part C, and the longer part B parallel thereto, said prong beingconnected to said short part by a bend underneath said longer part,substantially as set forth.

2. As an improved article of manufacture, the button-fastener hereindescribed, consisting of a single piece of wire bent to form a head andprong, said head having the short part C and the longer part B parallelthereto, said prong being connected to said short part by a bend, 3,underneath said longer part, and said longer part having an upward bendover said bend 3, substantially as set forth.

FRANCIS H. RICHARDS.

\Vitnesses:

H. W. FAULKNER, C. O. PALMER.

